ALGA News

ALGA News

I was delighted to receive a letter from the Prime Minister this week reinforcing the importance of the local-federal government partnership and outlining how the Commonwealth's 2017-18 budget will assist at the local level.

The Prime Minister was responding to my appeal for the Federal Budget to address the growing income and investment divide between urban and regional areas and prioritise investment in programs and projects that boost the capacity of regional communities, now and into the future.

The results of the latest national Census have revealed that Australia is a fast changing, ever-expanding, culturally diverse nation.

It has been less than 10 months since the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) took the pulse of the nation to find out who we are, how we live, what we do, and where we're headed. The Census has helped update Australia's estimated resident population, which has grown to 24.4 million people by December 31, 2016.